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The ACT is coming. And, unfortunately, crosses, garlic and wooden stakes aren’t enough to keep it away. But with Shmoop’s ACT Prep guides, the test will barely resemble a blood-sucking monster.
Transcript
- 00:04
The ACT is coming… [ACT with fangs]
- 00:05
And, unfortunately, crosses, garlic and wooden stakes aren’t enough to keep it away. [Man drops the crosses, garlic and wooden stakes he was holding and runs away]
- 00:09
But with Shmoop’s ACT Prep guides, the test will barely resemble a blood-sucking monster. [Guy in a Shmoop shirt holding the ACT prep guide]
- 00:13
You’ll start by taking either or both of two diagnostic exams… [ACT now smiling]
- 00:17
…which will help you determine your strengths and…your not-so-strengths.
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- 00:20
Next, you can spend as much or as little time as you want on topic review…
- 00:23
…brushing up on areas that have given you trouble. [Person clicking through the review topics page]
- 00:26
As soon as you feel prepared for battle, it’s off to nearly a thousand drill questions…which
- 00:30
will help you get a feel for the types of questions you’ll see on the test.
- 00:33
With engaging answer explanations and over 450 accompanying videos, you’ll hone your [Examples of the prep material]
- 00:38
skills step by step.
- 00:39
But…don’t sit too close to the monitor while watching all those videos.
- 00:41
You don’t want your eyes to stay that way. [Girl with buzz eyes]
- 00:44
Last stop: six full-length practice exams.
- 00:46
Here you’ll get a projected score.
- 00:48
It’s almost like seeing into the future. [The projceted score is circled]
- 00:50
But…that future isn’t set in stone.
- 00:51
You’ll be able to tackle exams throughout the studying process to see where you’re [A sword is pulled out a stone and the projected score is written on it]
- 00:55
improving and where you still need to review…
- 00:57
…so that you can clean up all your rough edges well in advance of the actual test. [The red part of the skill breakdown graph shrinks]
- 01:00
Plus, you can click on the “skills” tab to see how well you’re doing in each skill.
- 01:04
Then you can go back to those areas for reviews and more drills.
- 01:07
So take a deep breath…you’ve got this. [Girl relaxes in bed]
- 01:10
Sweet dreams. [Girl falls asleep]
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